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Trump’s big election lie pushes America toward autocracy bostonglobe.com/2020/11/11/opi… via The Boston Globe

Within 15 years after graduation, UC graduates are contributing on average $30,000 in federal taxes and $7,600 in state taxes per year, twice as much as the average Californian ucop.edu/institutional-… #highered #Public #Economic #Value #UC #Degree #HigherEducation #taxes #budget

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If 51% of Americans now partly believe at least one of the major theories floating around, how can Big Tech best tackle conspiracy theories? #socialmedia #ViralVideo #ConspiracyTheories ft.com/content/2ab6a1…

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The future of Trump’s presidency, defined by an embrace of anti-intellectualism and a rejection of the kind of international collaboration that is so central to higher education’s ethos, remains uncertain chronicle.com/article/with-p… #highered #election2020 #HigherEducation

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... one impeachment, two divorces, six bankruptcies, twenty-six accusations of sexual misconduct, and an estimated four thousand lawsuits ... #Trump #Trump 2020 #Election2020 #TiredOfWinning newyorker.com/magazine/2020/…

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Hm... half of the Twitter profiles supporting the Great Barrington Declaration—which advocates for herd immunity through natural infection—are bots #disinformation #GreatBarringtonDeclaration #misinformation #bots #socialmedia #twitterbots #HerdImmunity fas.org/blogs/fas/2020…

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